COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONBrooklyn Dry Stout is a bold, reddish-black Irish-style stout, rich in color but low in alcohol and very drinkable. The dark colors results from brewing with roasted malts, lending Brooklyn Dry Stout a chocolate/coffee-like flavor with a bit of an espresso bite. The finish is dry and crisp and invites another pint.

12 oz bottle poured into a snifter/tulip glass. Immediately after the pour, there’s a prevalent and strong plum and sweet berry (blueberry?) aroma that floats off the beer; but it disappears quickly, replaced by muted notes of milk chocolate, a faint toffee, a chalk-ish dry note, and a light toasted bread - nothing offensive, just very muted and dull-ish. It pours a very dark brown-black body with an effervescent and light, fizzy brown head that fades quickly until just a thin ring remains around the edge, and then nothing. No lacing is left behind, just a clean glass. The taste is a medium light sweetness with a medium light bitter, well balanced, but nothing really interesting going on here. It’s a light bodied, thin textured beer with a moderate amount of prickly carbonation. The first sips give sharp, short hints of a berry sweetness, but they fade quick (disappearing altogether by mid-glass) and give way to a light sarsaparilla, cola, and plum flavor. It finishes with an ashy quality combined with a cola touch. There’s also a notable chalky, or maybe coffee grounds from the bottom of the mug, presence at the finish that carries over to the aftertaste. The aftertaste is dry, crisp, and clean leaving only a trace chalk / coffee ground and a very light milky / creamy character on the palate that doesn’t last long.

355ml bottle. Immediatley pours with a darker head than most ids. Conistency is meatier, lending to less drinkability. Flavor is fruitier. Honestly this is a style that american craft breweries still have to get a grasp of. This tastes like any number of general stouts out there.

Bottle from Appellation Wines.
Appearance - opaque black with a decent crema head.
Nose - gentle earthy note, tiny hint of smoke. Chocolate finally comes through in a subtle way.
Taste - more of the same and again subtle.
Palate - light in body and texture is also light. A long dry finish.
Overall - like a watered down version of a good beer.

Not bad at all. A little pluckier than your average pint of Guinness. Some creamy texture, roast malt with burnt crispness. Pours cloudy black without much head or lacing. Medium finish. Tap for free at Whole foods market. Word!

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